Leftover Links: Cuba
The latest edition of Leftover Links is all about Cuba, with articles featuring Chucho Valdés, Pitbull and the beginnings of salsa.
Tag: BBC
Ja Rule reading ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ on BBC Radio 1
For once, we do care what Ja Rule thinks at a time like this.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: George Michael's Desert Island Discs (2007)
Being on a desert island with George Michael, what a dream!
Cardi B Raps Lines of Bodak Yellow in her best ASMR Voice
The original got you hyped but this version of Bodak Yellow will leave you tingly all over.
Cory Henry Performs Billie Jean at the BBC Proms
Witness Cory Henry’s multi-instrumental cover of Billie Jean with Jacob Collier, Cory Henry, Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest. You don’t need to hear what I think about this, you just need to hear what Cory Henry did. All I will say is it made me ugly cry from start to finish. Arranged by Jules Buckley and …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: The New Sound Of Music (1979)
Charting the development of electronic music up until the 70s, BBC documentary The New Sound Of Music is our Saturday Matinée feature. It’s strange to think that synthesizers, some of them now the size of your hand, were monstrous machines that you needed a house to fit them in and the price of a mortgage to …
THROWBACK THURSDAY: BBC Short Change - How To Download Music Legally
Back in 2005, music downloads were still in their infancy. Here’s a video from ’05 on how to download music legally thanks to BBC’s Short Change. I was 14 when I bought my first MP3 player. I saved up my pocket money for an entire month to buy a little 128MB unbranded player that came …
BBC Radio 4: The Art Of The Loop
BBC Radio 4’s The Art Of The Loop, presented by Matthew Herbert, essential listening for all you Sampleface readers.
And The World's Most Sampled Song Is...
BBC’s DJ Roger Johnson talks about what is claimed to be the world’s most sampled song – Change the Beat by Fab 5 Freddy on Radio 4’s Today programme. I’ll admit this came as something of a surprise. On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme broadcasted on 21st February, DJ Roger Johnson discussed the world’s most …
Black Music On British Radio: Is There Now More Choice?
Guest writer Ashton James Brown aka Ashterisk the Beat Reaper addresses black music representation on British radio and asks whether we have more choice.